It is our pleasure to announce that the international conference entitled “New Technologies: Opportunity or Challenge for the Aging Population?” will be held in Prague on March 27–28, 2019.
Using modern technology can undoubtedly improve the lives of the older people. However, technological progress also comes with a dark side, as older people can be at risk of insufficient technological skills and are vulnerable to abuse.
The third annual international conference from a series organized in the frame of the long-term (eng)aging! project will be dedicated to discussing the interrelationships between aging and new technologies.
Extended deadline for submission of abstracts was October 21, 2018. However if you think that the topic of your research is highly valuable to the theme of the conference, do not hesitate to contact us.
On behalf of the European Association for Population Studies Working Group on Health, Morbidity and Mortality; ISA RC41 (Soiology of Population) and the local organising committee in Hanover, we are pleased to announce a workshop on “Health, Morbidity and Mortality in Europe – and Beyond”, to be held Wednesday, 4th September – Friday, 6th September 2019, at the Medical Sociology Unit, Hanover Medical School.
As in previous EAPS workshops, there will be no registration fee, but participants will need to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Further information on the workshop can be found in the attachement.
We anticipate that the workshop will have about 20 oral presenters, as well as posters, giving each participant ample time to present his/her work and have it discussed by the whole group. Researchers interested in presenting their work are invited to contact Jon Anson at anson@bgu.ac.il with an abstract or preliminary conceptualisation by 15th March 2019. Responses and tentative programme by the middle of April, 2019.
About the Center for Policing Equity
The Center for Policing Equity is a research and action think tank that, through evidence-based approaches to social justice, conducts quantitative research to create levers for social, cultural, and policy change.
Position Description
The Center for Policing Equity is looking for a skilled social and/or behavioral quantitative scientist and experienced teacher/manager with a passion for research on race and policing.
The position will focus primarily on managing the work of creating reports for police departments that have contributed their data to the National Justice Database. The National Justice Database is the first and largest standardized database on police behavior in the country (e.g., vehicle stops, pedestrian stops, use of force, complaints against officers, etc.). The Biostatistican / Advanced Quantitative Specialist will supervise a team to generate these reports which ultimately aim to help police departments reduce bias and increase procedural justice and legitimacy.
Key Responsibilities
- Train and supervise research team members in completing reports for police departments, which includes training on which analyses should be used, evolving quality assurance protocols, and providing mentorship
- Conduct advanced quantitative analyses of policing data to be included in reports for police departments
- Help to develop, maintain, and maximize the utility of the National Justice Database
· Provide feedback to engineers to further develop custom automated data cleaning and analysis software for the National Justice Database
· Contribute to production of academic research articles and public-facing reports that explore the intersection of law enforcement and racial/gender equity
Qualifications (required)
- PhD or MS in a relevant field (e.g., Economics, Epidemiology, Data Science, Psychology, Criminology, Demography, Political Science, Sociology), with an interest in social science and law regarding policing and social justice
- Superior research skills; strong quantitative and analytic skills
- Publication record includes peer-reviewed research articles
Other Relevant Qualifications (desired, but not required)
- Experienced in network analysis/exponential-family random graph models (ERGMs), particularly for multilevel networks; Bayesian data augmentation
- Experience with geo-coded data and multi-level modeling (using R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, and/or Python)
About NACC: The National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (est. 1999) is located in the Department of Epidemiology of the University of Washington in Seattle, WA and is funded by a cooperative grant through the National Institute on Aging/NIH. The Center maintains a relational database of clinical and neuropathologic data and makes its data available to researchers around the world in order to advance understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. NACC is in its fourth five-year funding cycle, with a budget of approximately $20 million.
The National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) in Seattle, WA has an outstanding opportunity for a *TECHNOLOGY MANAGER.*
In this full-time, permanent position, you would provide leadership in three main areas:
- planning and management of programs and projects
- overseeing the design, development, and operations of a secure enterprise applications infrastructure
- supervision of a talented and dedicated eight-member computing group team
Among the position’s responsibilities will be creating a roadmap for the computing group’s work in migrating to a cloud-based operation, in re-architecting legacy systems, and in ensuring the secure collection and dissemination of data.
As a University of Washington employee, you would receive generous and comprehensive benefits.
For more information and to submit an application, please see Req. #160968 on the University of Washington’s employment website <https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=160968>.
The Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, invite applications for the position of Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology. The appointment will be at the rank of Professor. Candidates should have a stellar record of research and publication as well as leadership in the field. While the area of specialization is open, we seek candidates with a vision for how anthropology should engage with significant contemporary problems. Applicants must have a doctoral degree in their field of study.
In addition to the letter of application, interested candidates should provide a research statement and their curriculum vitae. All application materials must be combined into and uploaded as one PDF document. In order to be considered for this position, applicants are required to submit an electronic USC application; follow this job link or paste in a browser: https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/professor-of-sociocultural-anthropology-and-chair-of-the-department-of-anthropology/1209/9669672 . Review of applications will begin on November 20, 2018, and will continue until the position is filled. Inquiries may be directed to Nancy Lutkehaus: lutkehau@usc.edu.
The Census Bureau’s mission is to be the preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. Over 200 years ago, the United States Constitution laid the foundation for what is today the world’s largest and most comprehensive data gathering organization. The Census Bureau was founded in 1902. Today, the Census Bureau is the provider of the Nation’s official economic, population, and demographic statistics. Every month, quarter, and year, the Census Bureau plans, implements, and evaluates over 100 sample surveys that update and add to information from the economic and decennial censuses- information that mirrors the concerns of the people. The variety and magnitude of the surveys make the Census Bureau the world’s most sought-after source of information about the United States. These sample surveys would be impossible to conduct without continuous research and development.
The objectives of the Census Bureau Postdoctoral Research Program are to provide postdoctoral candidates of unusual promise and ability opportunities for research on problems, largely of their own choice, that are compatible with the interests of the Census Bureau, and to contribute to the overall efforts of federal statistical agencies.
For fullest consideration, submit application by January 31
A Postdoctoral Researcher is a resident researcher and a temporary employee of the Census Bureau. Postdoctoral Researchers are analogous to fellows or similar temporary researchers at the postdoctoral level in universities and other organizations.
Announcement: On Wednesday 31 October 2018, the Medical Anthropology and Global Health Seminar Series is pleased to present
“A plurality of stories: Women, mental illness, HIV risk, and sexuality in two low-resource settings”
Professor Pamela Y. Collins, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Global Health
Director / Global Mental Health, University of Washington
Women with severe mental disorders are vulnerable to health disparities in settings around the world. Many women with a diagnosed mental illness may carry multiple stigmatized statuses that influence health outcomes. In some contexts, these include being identified as a person with a mental illness, being a member of an ethnic minority group, being an immigrant, being poor, and being a woman who does not live up to gendered expectations. These potentially stigmatizing identities influence both the way women’s sexuality is viewed and their risk for HIV infection. Given their knowledge of the behavioral issues related to psychiatric illness, mental health care providers are in a unique position to help prevent HIV among women with severe mental illness. This presentation examines how different stigma influences women’s risk of HIV infection and the responses to it in distinct health care settings in North America and Sub-Saharan African.
Dr. Pamela Y. Collins is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and of Global Health at the University of Washington (UW). She is also Director of the UW Global Mental Health Program, a joint program of the Departments of Global Health and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Collins’s research has largely focused on the intersections of HIV and mental health in the US and sub-Saharan Africa, including HIV prevention among women with severe mental illness, integration of care for people with HIV and mental illness, and the impact of social stigma on HIV risk. Newer work addresses the mental health of adolescents in global cities. Dr. Collins served as the Director of the Office for Research on Disparities & Global Mental Health at the National Institute of Mental Health prior to arriving at UW. She has led global mental health initiatives, including the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health and the RISING SUN initiative, and served on numerous international committees and advisory boards. Dr. Collins is currently part of a working group for the WHO-World Bank initiative on mental health and is a Commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development. Dr. Collins’s research has been published in a wide range of journals, such as Social Science and Medicine; AIDS; and Nature.
Patrick Ball
Director of Research, Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAg)
Data about mass violence can seem to offer insights into patterns: is violence getting better, or worse, over time? Is violence directed more against men or women? But in human rights data collection, we (usually) don’t know what we don’t know – and worse, what we don’t know is likely to be systematically different from what we do know.
This talk will explore the assumption that nearly every project using data must make: that the data are representative of reality in the world. We will explore how, contrary to the standard assumption, statistical patterns in raw data tend to be quite different than patterns in the world. Statistical patterns in data tend to reflect how the data were collected rather than changes in the real-world phenomena data purport to represent.
Using analysis of mortality in Chadian prisons in the 1980s, killings in Iraq 2005-2010, homicides committed by police in the US 2005-2011, killings in the conflict in Syria, and analysis of genocide in Guatemala in 1982-1983, and predicting the locations of hidden graves in Mexico since 2015, this talk will contrast patterns in raw data with estimates of total patterns of violence – where the estimates correct for heterogeneous underreporting. The talk will show how biases in raw data can — sometimes — be addressed through estimation. The examples will be grounded in their use in public debates and in expert testimony in criminal trials for genocide and war crimes.